The Cyclist Psyche ? Rossella Ratto From Team Hitec Products

New for the 2013?season is our Cyclists Psyche survey. A standard interview about a riders form and target races will get you a standard answer. Only here will you find out what type of dinosaur a rider is, and what they will do to someone who scratches their bike! Rossella Ratto is passionate about women’s cycling, and those that help it grow. Find out what makes her tick here! Name Rossella Ratto Team Hitec Products? Riding Role Climber Age 19 Weight 56 How would people describe you as a cyclist? I young rider that attacks a lot! How would someone who likes you describe you as a person? I’m a simple person with very clear ideas and honest behaviour How would someone who doesn?t like you describe you? Like someone that wants to do too many things or that dreams too much. What are the 3 things more important to you than anything else? Health, Family/friends, balance in the organization of each day You end up replacing Tom Hanks in ?Castaway? on an Island for 4 years. What are the 3 things you take with you and why? A notebook with a pencil, to write about my experience or remember the days spent on the island or to draw the beautiful landscape and a mp3 player because music helps me to think and relax. You can have dinner with anyone you want. Who would it be? Including dead people? Anyway I think it would be with a very wise person. Someone scratches your newly arrived race bike. Do you: a) Kill them X Kill them in an extremely creative way b) Plan to kill them in an extremely creative way after getting close to them, researching their weaknesses and then striking when they least expect it c) Tell them not to stress, it?s only a bike: the sponsors are paying for it On a training ride do you: X Load up on coffee before you go a) Load up on coffee before you go and during the ride b) Load up on coffee before you go, during the ride and stop for more at the end at your favourite coffee haunt c) WADA is following my caffeine levels closely so I can?t answer that question until after the findings are returned You?re a dinosaur. Are you: X A Monstrous Quadrosaurous a) A Skinnius Soclimbus b) An Allroundus c) A Helpus Everyonelseus The phone rings at 6am. Do you : a) Answer it immediately with a chirpy uplifting welcoming response b) Answer it after it rings for a full minute with a chirpy uplifting welcoming response X. Let the answering machine take the call for you c) Answer it immediately so you can find out exactly who wants to ring you at this un-godly hour and then plan their ultimate demise What?s more important to you: a) Finishing household chores b) Getting others to finish the household chores for you c) Getting others to finish their household chores and then your household chores X Resting If you had the power to change one thing in the cycling world, what would it be? I think I would delete dishonest people, this should change the cycling world enough! Who do you admire most and why? In cycling, I admire people who continue to work for their passion to help cycling grow Who do you ?have difficulties with and why? I don’t think I have special difficulties with anyone in particular 🙂 What do you want people to know about you? The only thing that makes me go crazy is wasting time, money and food. If you weren?t a cyclist what would you want to be? I’d like to run a hotel and to cook for my guests.